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The Irish can relax. Another celebration of St. Patrick's Day is in the books. I survived without a hitch. I didn't get pinched since I didn't wear green but Kansas was playing basketball that day. I had to wear my red and blue even though I have about 1/4 Irish in me.

HAYS - There was more basketball action than that going on during the national collegiate basketball tourney this past weekend. In Hays. thousands swarmed to the city for the 2016 Kansas Special Olympics State Basketball and Cheerleading Competition.

The NCAA had their Selection Sunday Show this past Sunday evening. CBS paid big money for the right to telecast and produce this show telling the country who the participants in this years' NCAA basketball championships would be. They dropped the ball. It didn't bounce!

Members of the Barton County Storm Special Olympics team line up for the Kansas Special Olympics basketball and cheerleading tournament in Hays Thursday night at Fort Hays State University Gross Memorial Colosseum. The toured runs through Saturday and involves thousands of athletes and volunteers.

Congratulations Lane Lord. The former Barton women's basketball coach has his Pittsburg State Gorillas on their way to the Elite Eight. This after a thrilling 78-74 win over Emporia State in the NCAA D-II Central Regional Championship game Monday night.

The fourth grade Barton Blazers placed first in the Halstead MAYB tournament on Saturday. They defeated the Junction City Jays 30-17 in the championship game. The Blazers are 16-3 for the winter MAYB season. Their next tournament is the Winter Finale in Wichita in two weeks. Players include, from left, Mason Moore, Maddox Spray, Colton Brack, Karson Kern, Braden Griffith, Connor DeLong, Drew Heinz, and Kaiden Hoffman.